Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-06
TIED UP TO sTARvE.
The Cruel Conduct of a Chi
cagO Theological Stu
dent.
Tied TO the Bed Post with a Stout
Cord---AImost Famished for
Want of Food.

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-The alleged cruelty
practiced by j. H. Reynolds in the case
of his six-year old boy seems to be more
serious than was supposed when the mat
ter was first published. Reynolds was
arrested by Officers Maloney and Ryan
and taken before Justice Eberhardt, who
granted a continuance, releasing the pris.
oner In bonds OF $500. Truckman VIM.
Burns was interyied at the Lincoln street
house of Hook and Ladder company No.
Z and asked to tell what he knew about
the cruelty with which Reynolds is
charged. He said: July % / was 60
ing to my home and saw the grocer at
the corner Of Huron street looking up at
a window n the n Of the long frame
building in the rear of No. 434 Huron
street. asked him what he was looking
at, and he said: There's a child up
there and the people have all gone to a
picnic / got a step-ladder and went up
to the window. Back in a dark corner l
saw the little boy. Come here, sonny
| said, and in a little, weak voice he an
swered: i can't; Pm tied,
l crawled through the window and
found him tied with q cord to the bed
post. l unfastened him inc carried him
in my arms to the light. There was not
a particle of flesh on his body, and I'm
ready to swear the boy was starved. The
grocer brought some milk and cookies,
which the little fellow devoured. / went
down and left him, leaving the rest of
the people to notify the Humane society
and the police. / know nothing more
about the case except that since wefound
the boy they have put nice clothes on
him-when / saw him he had just a
ragged, thin wrapper on-and have re-
leased him and permitted him to go out
doors with the other children
On investigation it was found that
BUNS story 10 well substantiated by
other witnesses. Many OF, he@neighbors
who have lived in the vicinity during the
three years that the Reynolds family
have occupied the house say they never
saw the child, and that he was always
kept closely confined and never allowed
to go with the other children.
h boy was seen setting ON the ster
before the house. His cheeks Were abso-
lutely without color. His eyes were
large and stood out in their sockets. He
is excessively thin and about. half the
size OF the ordinary boy 6 years old. He
answers ques. rs in a dazed sort of a
way, and whe 5 ts ked why they shut him
up said he L'7nt know, while his ~
year-old siste- arply interrupted with,
They didn't shut him up and looked
menancingly at her pale little brother.
When the mother came home she denied
the details of the treatment, saying that
the boy WAS thin aud pale through sick.
ness alone, and that they tooS him tt
Humboldt Park with tha family but
few weeks before. That July 2Sth wher
the boy was discovered by Burns they
left him tied because he steals everything
about the house, and that they went that
afternoon to have q picture taken of the
other members of the family. The state
ments of the neighbors Mrs. Reynold,
pronounces, on tho whole, "a parcel Of
lies.n
The Humane officers were notified JULY
%, and the arrest was not made until the
case had been carefully Investigated by
Officer Little. Reynolds Is a large
strong man. but the grocer says he never
works. For a time he was the janitol
of Bethany Congregational church, but
has been u of the position of late. HI
mas been studying for the ministry, bott
! privately at home and at the Chicago
Theological seminary, where ne has at
tended q course of lectures. The family
came from England a few years ago
MI. Reynolds is charged with cruelty t.
children.